Reviewer:
LAJ
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May 10, 2006
Subject:
Excursion into Ambient Drone/Ambient -Techno
With Pieces of the Broken Road, Dave Zeal delivers an absolutely brilliant fusion of grainy ambient, smoothly rhythmic techno, and fuzzy minimal glitch . Three of the tracks: Thermal and Magnetic[1], Horizontal Passage[7], and Within Ten Thousand Miles[9] are soothing, beatless side-trips into granular ambient drones. Thermal and Magnetic has a reflective, nostalgic atmosphere while Horizontal Passage is a straightforward, calming looped drone. Within Ten Thousand Miles has a beautiful orchestral-ambient feel along with light layers of static glitch floating above some crystal clear tones. The remaining six tracks are mostly brief, light beat-oriented and, at times, melodious excursions into the blurry genre of ambient-techno with emphasis on the ambient part. A very nice and refreshingly unique release from Dave Zeal. -LAJ-